Predictions 2014: Batch 3
Another five predictions, covering law and IT for lawyers with great perception. In alphabetical order, we have predictions from Mark Crichard, Joanna Goodman, Dr Monica Horten, Jane Seager and Graham Smith….
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Software Asset Management
Mark Flynn looks at how a law firm used software asset management as a tool in optimising licence use and protecting against the reputational damage that might flow from breach of licence terms…
Predictions 2014: Batch 1
The Christmas music has been in the shops for weeks and a Christmas card has been received so it must be time for the SCL Predictions to begin. In strict alphabetical order, and in a complete reversal of the Christmas song, we begin with 12 lords (and ladies) a leaping: Kit Burden, Jan Durant, Beverley Flynn, Paul Gershlick, Andrew Haslam, Tom Hiskey, Stewart James, Daniel Pollick, Joe Reevy, John Salmon, Callum Sinclair and Peter Sommer…
SRA Guidance on the Cloud
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has issued guidance to law firms on the use of cloud computing…
Run Down by a Hype Cycle
I am rather late to Gartner’s hype cycle for 2013 but it is all a bit frightening for those pedestrians among us who are struggling to keep up. I have some sympathetic suggestions for IT lawyers….
Data Confidentiality: Policy Proportionality
Yoann Le Bihan thinks that ‘zero risk’ is not attainable and offers some common-sense suggestions for assessing the level of security you need…
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BYOD: Win-win or Zero-sum Game?
BYOD appears to be as resistible as the incoming tide. Nigel Miller, who is speaking on this topic at SCL forthcoming Annual Conference, focuses on the risks that arise from it and the combination of technology and corporate policy that best addresses those risks….
Irish Public Sector Cloud Computing Strategy
Pearse Ryan and Claire O’Brien offer an account of the Irish government’s strategy in the cloud computing area and analyse its impact…
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‘Wandering Clouds’ Emerging Trends in Cloud Services Contracts
Kit Burden offers his highly practical insights into the way in which Cloud services contracts have developed…
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Governmental Access to Cloud Data: A Response
Judith Rauhofer responds to the article ‘A Global Reality: Governmental Access to Cloud Data’…
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